Improvement in folding tables



`, S. COWLS & H. B. GILL.

l y Folding-Tables. No.\50,53l.

Patented May 5,1874.

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NrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY COWLES AND HENRY B. GILL, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,531, dated May 5, 1874; application led December 10, 1873.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIDNEY GowLEs and HENRY B. GILL, of West Haven,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Folding Table;

I that class of folding tables which are supported upon crossed legs; and the invention consistsin a table-top, divided longitudinally into two part-s, hinged together, combined with two pairs of crossed legs, one of each pair hinged to one part, and the other to the other part, the legs pivoted together inside their inner edge, so as to leave a space between the legs at their upper end, into which the top will fold.

A is one part and B the other part of the table-top, the two parts hinged together at a, so as to fold the upper surfaces of the two parts together; and, when open, a hook bolt or bar is provided, to lhold or support the joint. 4C and D are two legs, forming. one of the pairs required for the table. These are each hinged to their respective parts of the top, as shown, and cross below, and pivoted at the crossing, as at d. The legs are made with a projection upon the inside at the pivot, so that' the pivot is brought inside the inner edge of each leg, equal, at least, to the lthickness of one of the parts ofthe top; hence when folded, as seen in broken lines, Fig. l, the upper surface ofthe top meets, and the legs are parallel. In order to make the elevation of the' table adjustable, we form a slot, f, in each leg, and pass the pivot through these slots, as shown, and provide the pivot with a suitable clamping device, to hold it and the legs at anydesired point within the range of the slots. Therefore, as the pivot is brought down, it accordingly draws the legs nearer together at the bottom and raises the table, and vice versa.

Wc claim. as our inventiong The divided top A B, combined with the crossed legs C D, constructed with projections uponthcir inside, and pivoted together through said projections, the said pivot or turning-k point being within the inner line of the legs, as described, so that when closed the legs will be parallel to and equally distant from each other, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

SIDNEY COWLES. HENRY B. GILL. 

